Word: parts
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...covers 60% of the park, only open after being exposed to intense heat. Ecologists expect the fires to help restore the park's depleted stands of aspen trees and increase the wide array of insects, birds and mammals that have found Yellowstone's aging forests increasingly inhospitable. "It's part of living in an ecosystem that is basically wild and uncontrollable," says Louisa Willcox of the Greater Yellowstone Coalition, which supports the natural-burn policy...
...looks as if the streets are where he will stay. "The scary part is that I'm starting to enjoy this," says Brown. "I don't want to be out here when I'm 50 or 60. But as far as I see myself, I'm always going to be on the streets. I can't see myself going nowhere from here...
...most American men now over the age of 33, the draft was as much a part of growing up as getting a driver's license. Congress had reinstituted military conscription in 1940, requiring men to register when they turned 18. The unfortunate were generally drafted at 19, but a prospect remained eligible for induction until 26. The law exempted men with medical problems, as well as conscientious objectors, ministers and some in essential occupations. A key provision provided deferment for students. Yet to the horror of college students who had hoped to avoid going to Viet Nam by earning advanced...
...great many men joined the National Guard. Since their units generally remained in the U.S., Guardsmen were able to fulfill their military obligation with only the slimmest chance of seeing combat. Guard members were required to undergo six months of basic training and then provide part-time service, mostly on weekends, for the rest of their six-year tour. Though the Joint Chiefs of Staff had recommended in the early 1960s that the Guard be sent to Viet Nam, Army Guard units were assigned combat duty only in 1968-69. No more than 20 of the nation's approximately...
...Bush and Reagan. People are swayed by Reagan's personal charm. That's part of the greatness of Reagan. George Bush will achieve greatness, but it's not going to be the same way as Reagan. He doesn't have that engaging speaking manner, and there is no use trying to project it if it's not there...